JP2002159755A - Multi-person interactive network game online method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively reduce online frequency band width loads and to solve such problem that a multi-person interactive network online game can not be fluently advanced. SOLUTION: By utilizing a personal computer and being online with a network, many players enter the same virtual environment within the game software of a center host machine. The center host machine selects an area host machine at the time of advancing the game from a plurality of the personal computers online with it and the selected area host machine undertakes the data flow communication work of the area. The respective area host machines can be online with each other and the personal computers of the remaining players are online with the respective area host machines and are not online directly with the center host machine. In such a manner, the network structure of the multi-person interactive online game is constituted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for online multiplayer interactive network games, and more particularly, to a center host computer controlling a number of online personal computers to form an area host machine when a game is in progress. The present invention relates to a technology for reducing a frequency band load and improving a quality of a network online game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a well-known network online game, one server machine is not used as a center host machine, a main control center of the network online game is used, game software is transmitted, and a plurality of players are online with the center host machine. Advance the game. In this network structure, each player needs to be online to the center host, and must be directly connected to the center host in a star-type manner. The system structure is as shown in FIG. The center host arbitrates various activities (eg, "running") during the progress of the game, and when a player wants to move to that position, submits a request to the center host, and the center host Determine if the move is legal (eg, crossing a wall or river), and if so, respond with your consent to the player's request and replace the player's new coordinate data with other nearby Transmit to the player so that nearby players can see their movement in their field of view. If not, send data to this computer that rejects the request.

[0003] During the above-mentioned activities, data transmitted (transmitted and transmitted) through the center host machine includes at least the following three items. 1. 1. Receive a player's move request 2. Respond to the player's move request. Respond to a computer near the player.

[0004] During the game, all players and the roles played by the computers move from time to time, and the amount of data flow is extremely large, whereas the current network frequency bandwidth is finite.
The quality of such a network online game is degraded, the player cannot progress fluently, and the center host machine is overloaded. Also, users need to pay a huge connection fee, which reduces their feelings online. All of these were common problems in known network online games.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a kind of multi-person interactive network game online method, which is applied to various kinds of interactive game specialty of computer network online, and greatly under limited frequency bandwidth conditions. Can improve game quality,
It is a method that can solve the above-mentioned problem.

[0006] That is, the main object of the present invention is to provide a kind of multi-person interactive network game online method, which design a single center host machine and a plurality of area host machines, Make the machine online with the center host machine, make each area host machine and the area host machine mutually online, and let other general players' computers just go online with each area host machine, directly with the center host machine. It is not necessary to go online, and it is a method of effectively reducing the load on the online frequency bandwidth of the host machine and solving the problem of the prior art in which the multi-user interactive network online game cannot be performed fluently.

[0007] Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of multi-player interactive network game online method, in which a center host machine selects a suitable online computer as an area host machine by online control. It is assumed that the area host device can share the data distribution and calculation of the center host device, thereby reducing the calculation load of the center host device.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a large number of players enter the same virtual environment in the game software of the center host machine by using a personal computer and online with a network. The center host machine selects an area host machine at the time of game progress from a plurality of personal computers online with it, and the selected area host machine undertakes data flow communication work of the area, between each area host machine and the area host machine. Are mutually online, the remaining players' PCs are only online with each area host machine, not directly with the center host machine, thus forming a network structure of a multi-player interactive online game. People interactive network game online method and There. The invention according to claim 2 is that the virtual environment includes one unified map, and each personal computer player who is online belongs to one area on the map, and each player is adjacent while the game is in progress. 2. The online multi-person interactive network game method according to claim 1, wherein the user can view the contents of the activity in the area to be played. Claim 3
The invention of the above is that each of the area host machines is online with the center host machine, the other player's personal computer is only online with the center host machine and does not go online with the center host machine directly, but each area host machine is the center host machine. Report the latest dynamics of the area to which it belongs to the aircraft on a regular basis, and when other players move to the border of the area, simultaneously online with one or more area host machines, or areas adjacent to each area host machine 2. The online multiplayer interactive network game method according to claim 1, wherein the online communication with the area host machine and the dynamics of the players at the area boundaries are reported to each other. According to the invention of claim 4, the game environment in the online game is divided into some areas, and after the online flow, the center host machine is located in each area and selects one of the computers of the online compliant person and selects the computer. No area host machine in the area, the area host machine performs the above mobile data communication work of each online person in the area, each area host machine goes online with the center host machine, and the other online person's personal computers Online with the area host machine of the area to which it belongs, not directly with the center host machine, each area host machine reports the latest dynamics in the area to the center host machine at regular times, and ordinary online people operate After the request flow and movement flow, move to the area boundary and turn on with one or more area host machines at the same time. Or in, or encompasses that each area host machine directions the kinetics of players held mutually area boundary area host machine and the line state to be adjacent, and a multi-person interactive network game online methods. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the online flow includes the following steps: a program starting step; in this step, a center host machine program is started, and a personal computer online of a participating player is waited for; Then, the player's personal computer and the host machine are online, and the information of the personal computer deployment is provided to the center host machine through the online, and the information includes the personal computer work system, the main memory module and the quantity, the arithmetic unit grade, The host machine analysis step including data such as online frequency bandwidth, etc., in this step, the center host machine determines whether or not the center host machine is suitable for the area host machine based on the personal computer data, the area host machine designation step, Center host machine A personal computer that conforms to the matter specified as the area host machine of a certain area, after this, each role within the area, both activities to arbitration in this area host machine,
A step in which the area host acquires update data from the center host; in this step, the area host acquires previous activity data of each role in the area from the center host, for example, position coordinates, money, Acquisition of energy values, etc., as well as inspection to see if it is the latest map of the area, and download of updated information. Non-area host machine designation step. This step does not match the area host machine condition. For the personal computer, the center host retrieves the area host IP address of the area where the player is located from its own data bank, answers this IP address to the personal computer, and directly receives the area host from the personal computer. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that: It is a multi-person interactive network games online method of mounting. In the invention according to claim 6, the operation request flow includes the following steps:
In the operation requesting step, in this step, the personal computer player requests the area host machine in the area to which the user belongs to operate, for example, requests the progress of the operation of running, attacking, defending, determining whether it is legal or not, in this step The area host machine determines whether the requested operation is legal, for example, whether it jumps over a castle wall, jumps over a river, or overlaps with another PC player position. If yes, none is legal, and if no, it is legal.
In this step, when it is determined in the above determination step that the operation is legal, the area host machine transmits the information online and notifies the personal computer player and other personal computer players in the field of view that the operation is legal, and performs the operation. In this step, all other PC players in the field of view can see the operator's various legal actions on their own PC.
When it is determined in the above determination step that the area host is illegal, the area host notifies the personal computer player who requested the operation through the online system that the requested operation cannot be performed. A multi-person interactive network game online method according to claim 4. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the moving flow includes the following steps, namely, a player moving step. In this step, one personal computer player moves his / her own area A and moves to the boundary of the adjacent area B. Approaching, online step, in this step, the player of the area A needs online with the area host machine of area B, arbitration and data provision step, in this step, the moving player is in the original area Area host aircraft arbitration, the area host area host aircraft notifies the player's latest coordinate location to the adjacent area party area host aircraft, both the area host area host aircraft and the area host area host aircraft Provide movement-related data to moving players, who can see other players To be, characterized by inclusion of the above, and a multi-person interactive network game online method of claim 4. The invention of claim 8 is the multi-player interactive network game online according to claim 2 or claim 4, wherein in the map of the game, the side length of each area is larger than twice the field of view of the player. And how to do it. According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the multi-user interactive network game online according to the second or fourth aspect, each of the areas is on a map and is divided into areas in a vertical and horizontal direction in a rectangular format. And how to do it. According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a multi-person interactive network game online method according to the second or fourth aspect, wherein each of the areas is on a map and is divided into honeycomb areas.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, a multi-person interactive network game online method controls a plurality of online personal computers by a center host machine, forms a plurality of area host machines during the progress of a game, and forms each area. The host machine undertakes the data flow communication work of the area, each area host machine is online with the center host machine, other general players' computers are only online with each area host machine, directly with the center host machine online. Instead, each area host machine undertakes activities in each area, that is, the above-mentioned three essentials of movement. Each area host machine simply reports the latest dynamics in the area to the center host machine at a fixed time, so that the network bandwidth can be effectively used and the game can proceed smoothly in a fluent environment.

[0010]

As shown in FIG. 2, according to the multi-player interactive network game online method of the present invention, a large number of players use the personal computer 30 and go online with the network to play the game software of the center host machine 10. Within the same virtual environment. The center host machine 10 can select a plurality of personal computers online as the area host machine 20 during the progress of the game, and the area host machine 20 undertakes data flow communication work in the area. Also, each area host device 20 and the area host device 20
Can be mutually online, the other general player's personal computer 30 is only online with each area host machine 20, not directly with the center host machine 10, and thus the network structure of the new era multiplayer interactive online game. Is composed.

As shown in FIG. 3, with respect to the network online game software described above, the virtual environment includes one unified map 40, and each player (ie, the personal computer 30 described above) , And each player can see the contents of the activity in the adjacent area 41 during the progress of the game.

In the above-described network structure, the online game transmits data through the center host device 10, and the center host device 10 is located in each area 41, and one of the players belonging to the area 41 is assigned to one of the players. Select Computer and Area Host Machine 20
The area host device 20 undertakes data flow communication work for the area.

Each of the above-mentioned area host devices 20 is online with the center host device 10, and other general players' personal computers 30 are only online with each area host device 20 but not directly with the center host device 10.
This is as shown in FIG. The area host machines 20 and the area host machines 20 can be mutually online, and each area host machine 20 is set to the center host machine 1 at regular times.
Report the latest activity in the area towards zero. When the general player, that is, the personal computer 30 moves to the boundary of the area 41, the other players in the field of view (including the adjacent areas) observe each other's dynamics by the above-mentioned online structure.

More specifically, the basic structure of the present invention is as follows. 1. The game environment in the online game is divided into some areas. 2. After the online flow described below, the center host machine is located in each area and selects one of the computers of the online compliant persons to be the area host machine of the area, and the area host machine is connected to each online person of the area. Undertake the data communication work of the above three essentials. 3. Each area host machine is always online with the center host machine, and each area host machine and the area host machine can be mutually online. Other general online users' computers simply go online with the area host machine in their area and do not go online directly with the center host machine. 4. Each area host machine reports the latest dynamics in the area to the center host machine at regular times. 5. After an operation request flow and a movement flow, a general online person moves to an area boundary and simultaneously goes online with one or more area host machines. Or, 6. Each area host machine and an adjacent area host machine go online and report the dynamics of the players at the area boundaries so that other players within the field of view (including the adjacent area) can observe each other.

At the time of actual operation, the above-described online flow of the present invention is as shown in FIG. 4, and this online flow is as follows. Program start: Start the center host machine program and wait for the participating players' personal computers online. Personal computer online: Online communication between the player's personal computer and the host machine, as well as providing information on personal computer deployment to the center host machine through online. The information includes data such as a personal computer work system, a main memory module and quantity, a computing unit grade, an online frequency bandwidth, and the like. Host machine analysis: It is determined whether or not the center host machine is suitable for the area host machine based on the personal computer data. Designation as an area host machine: The center host machine designates a personal computer that meets the conditions as an area host machine in a certain area, and then arbitrates all the roles and activities in the area to this area host machine (mobile 3 Essential point). Area host machine obtains update data from center host machine: area host machine obtains previous activity data of each role in the area from center host machine, for example, position coordinates, money, energy value, etc., at the time of previous separation. , As well as whether or not the map is the latest map of the area, and further downloads updated information. Designation of a non-area host device: For a personal computer that does not meet the conditions of the area host device, the center host device uses the area host device I of the player's area from its own data bank.
The P address is searched, this IP address is answer backed to the personal computer, and the personal computer goes online directly to the area host machine in the area. The area host obtains updated data from the center host: the area host obtains the last activity data of the PC player newly online from the center host, such as the position coordinates, money, energy value, etc., at the time of the previous departure. , As well as whether or not the map is the latest map of the area, and further downloads updated information.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation request of each player during the game driving of the present invention. The flow of the operation request is as follows. Operation request: The PC player requests the area host machine in the area to which the computer belongs to proceed with the operation. For example, run,
These are operations such as attack and defense. Judgment of legality: The area host determines whether the requested operation is legal, for example, whether it jumps over a castle wall, whether it jumps over a river, and the position of other PC players. It is determined whether or not they overlap, and in the case of yes, none is legal, and in the case of no, it is legal. Operation permission: When the method is judged to be a method, the area host transmits through the online to notify the personal computer player and other personal computer players in the field of view that this operation is legal and that the operation can proceed. Any other PC player in sight can see the operator's various legal actions on their own PC. Operation not permitted: When it is determined that the operation is illegal, the area host notifies the PC player who has requested the operation through the online system that the requested operation cannot be performed. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a movement flowchart of each player during game driving according to the present invention. The movement flow is as follows. Player movement: One PC player
Move in your own area and approach the border of the adjacent area B. Online: The player of the area A needs online with the area host machine of the area B. Arbitration and data provision: The moving player receives the arbitration of the area host of the former area A, and the area host of the area A notifies the area host of the adjacent area B of the latest coordinate position of this player. Both the area host machine of the area A and the area host machine of the area B provide movement-related data to the moving player so that the player can see other players.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to more specific examples. FIG. 7 is an area division display diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an actual area division image of FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the network online game software of the present invention provides a unified map 40 in a virtual environment, and each of the first to ninth players, that is, the personal computer 30 described above, And belongs to any one area 41. Each player can see the contents of the activity in the adjacent area 41 during the progress of the game.
This online game transmits data through the center host machine 10 (not shown) and transmits the data to the center host machine 10 (not shown).
Selects the personal computer of one player (the first, second and seventh players) in each area 41 which matches the condition as the area host device 20 of the area, and the area host device 20 Arbitration for data flow communications and games.

As shown in FIG. 7, if the player of one personal computer 30 moves 100 steps during the game, the area host machine 20 in the belonging area answers the computer of the player 100 times, and In addition, 100 times are notified to other nearby players of the personal computer 30, but it is not necessary to report to the center host unit 100 times, but only at a fixed time set by the system, the latest coordinates of the player are sent to the center host unit. It is only necessary to report once, so that the frequency bandwidth of the center host device can be greatly reduced and the load on the host device can be reduced.

Also, as shown in FIG. 7, when the fifth player moves to the area boundary, one of the adjacent areas
Players 2, 3, 4, and 6 all need to see player 5 and player 5 must be online with two area host machines (player 1 and player 4) Or, the two area host machines No. 1 and No. 4 are already on-line, and through these two area host machines, the coordinate data of the fifth player itself is notified to other players,
The first, second, third, fourth and sixth players are all allowed to see.

In the above-described embodiment, when a player moves to the boundary between two adjacent areas, it is necessary to simultaneously go online with two area host machines. If a player moves near the center of the boundary between four adjacent areas, they need to be online with four area hosts at the same time.

According to the present invention described above, each personal computer player has one clear coordinate in the game map, and the coordinate always belongs to any one area.
It does not straddle between areas.

Each player is on the screen of the personal computer to which the player belongs in the embodiment maps shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 and straddles between the areas (part of the body is already in the adjacent area). Even though it appears to be in), its coordinates are within its own area, that is, subject to the jurisdiction and arbitration of the area host machine in that area.

By design, the side length of each area of the above-mentioned game map is preferably at least twice the field of view of the player, thereby saving the network frequency bandwidth. Otherwise, the player must be online with multiple area host machines at the same time to easily fall to the boundary between two adjacent areas or three areas.

FIG. 9 is an area division display diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention, which is a honeycomb type area division obtained by further improving the vertical and horizontal rectangular format area division of the first embodiment. Prevents the adjacencies of two areas and allows players to go online with at most three area hosts as they move, reducing the load on online frequency bandwidth.

It has been proved by actual tests that in a multi-person interactive network game using a well-known star network online structure, only 1200 personal computer players can simultaneously play online games on one T1 leased line. By using the network online structure of the multi-area area host machine of the present invention, the same dedicated T1 line can be used by about one million personal computer players simultaneously.

[0026]

As can be seen from the above, according to the present invention, a single center host machine and a number of area host machines are designed,
The network online structure, in which ordinary players simply go online with the area host and not directly with the center host, effectively reduces online frequency bandwidth load and solves the problem that multiplayer interactive network online games cannot be fluently played. ing. In addition, the on-line control that selects the online computer that is compatible with the center host machine as the area host machine, and the area host machine sharing the data distribution and calculation of the center host machine, reduce the load on the center host machine and greatly reduce To conserve network frequency bandwidth, thereby replacing the well-known star network online structure.

[0027] Taken together, the present invention has achieved its anticipated function and purpose, and can be implemented by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, with a detailed description thereof. However, the above-described embodiments are only for the purpose of illustrating the present invention, and all structural modifications that can achieve the same effects as the present invention and similar modifications that do not depart from the spirit of the present invention will be made. Also belong to the category of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a conventional network online game system.

FIG. 2 is a system structural diagram of a multi-player interactive network game online method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a multi-area display diagram of the network online game software of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a network online flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation request of a player according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a movement flowchart of a player according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an area division display diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an actual area division image of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an area division display diagram according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 center host machine 20 area host machine 30 personal computer 40 map 41 area

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A large number of players use a personal computer and go online with a network to enter the same virtual environment in the game software of the center host machine, and the center host machine is connected to a plurality of personal computers online. Select the area host machine at the time of the game progress, the selected area host machine undertakes data flow communication work of the area, each area host machine and the area host machine can be mutually online, and the remaining player's The personal computer simply goes online with each area host machine,
A multi-player interactive network game online method, characterized in that a multi-player interactive online game network structure is constructed without directly online with the center host machine. 2. The virtual environment includes one unified map, each online PC player belongs to one area on the map, and each player is an adjacent area during a game. The online method of claim 1, wherein the user can view the contents of the activity. 3. Each of the area host machines is online with the center host machine, and the other player's personal computers are
However, online with the center host machine and not directly with the center host machine, each area host machine reports the latest dynamics of the area to which it belongs to the center host machine at regular times, and other players Moving to the same area, online with one or more area host machines at the same time, or online with each area host machine in an area adjacent to each area host machine and reporting the dynamics of the players at the area border with each other. , Claim 1
A multi-person interactive network game online method as described in. 4. The game environment in the online game is divided into some areas, and after the online flow, the center host machine selects each computer of one of the online compatible persons in each area and selects one of the computers of the area. No area host machine, the area host machine performs the above-mentioned mobile data communication work of each online person in the area, each area host machine goes online with the center host machine,
PCs of other online users simply go online with the area host machine of the area to which they belong, do not go online directly with the center host machine, but each area host machine periodically sends the latest dynamics in the area to the center host machine. After reporting, the general online user moves to the boundary between areas after the operation request flow and the movement flow, and simultaneously goes online with one or more area host machines, or each area host machine is an adjacent area host A multi-person interactive network game online method, comprising maintaining the machine and online state to mutually direct the dynamics of players at area boundaries. 5. The online flow includes the following steps: a program starting step; in this step, a center host machine program is started, and the computer waits for a participating player's personal computer online; a personal computer online step; The player's personal computer and the host machine are online, and the information of the personal computer deployment is provided to the center host machine through the online. The information includes the personal computer working system, main memory module and quantity, arithmetic unit grade, online frequency. Host machine analysis step including data such as bandwidth, etc. In this step, determine whether the center host machine is suitable for the area host machine based on personal computer data. Area host machine designation step, In this step, the center host Machine Is designated as an area host machine in a certain area, and thereafter, all roles and activities in the area are arbitrated by this area host machine. The area host machine acquires update data from the center host machine In this step, in this step, the area host acquires the previous activity data of each role in the area from the center host, such as the position coordinates, money and energy values, etc. at the time of the previous separation, and the latest map of the area. In the step of specifying a non-area host machine, in this step, a check is made to determine whether or not the
For personal computers that do not meet the requirements of the area host machine,
The center host retrieves the IP address of the area host device in the area where the player is located from its own data bank, answers this IP address to the personal computer, and makes the personal computer directly online to the area host device in the area. The online multi-player interactive network game method according to claim 4, characterized in that: 6. The operation request flow includes the following steps: an operation request step; in this step, a personal computer player performs an operation on an area host machine in his / her area, such as a run, an attack, and a defense operation. Requesting progress, determining if it is legal or not,
The area host determines whether the requested action is legal, for example, whether it jumps over a wall, jumps over a river, or overlaps with other PC player positions. In the case of yes, none is legal, and in the case of no, it is legal. In the operation permission step, when the above-mentioned determination step determines that it is legal, the area host machine transmits online and transmits Notify the player and other PC players in the field of view that this action is legal, and allow the action to proceed, and all other PC players in the field of view will use the personal computer to perform various legal actions of the operator In the operation disapproval step, in this step, when it is determined in the above determination step that the area host device is illegal, Announces that the PC player that the operation request is transmitted through the line can not be performed the requested action, characterized by inclusion of the above, a multi-person interactive network game online method of claim 4. 7. The moving flow includes the following steps:
That is, a player's movement step, in this step, a certain personal computer player moves in his / her own area and approaches the border of the adjacent area B. In the online step, in this step, the player of the area instep An arbitration and data provision step that requires online with your area host machine, in this step, the moving player receives the arbitration of the area host machine of the original area A, and the area host machine of the area A The area host machine in the area A and the area host machine in the area B both inform the moving player of the latest coordinate position of the player to the area host machine of the adjacent area B. So that you can see the players, The online multi-player network game method according to claim 4. 8. The online method for a multi-person interactive network game according to claim 2, wherein a side length of each area in the map of the game is greater than twice a field of view of a player. 9. The online method for a multi-person interactive network game according to claim 2, wherein each of the areas is on a map and is divided into areas in a rectangular format in the vertical and horizontal directions. 10. The online method for a multi-person interactive network game according to claim 2, wherein each of the areas is formed on a map and is divided into honeycomb areas.